Open AccessPNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS : REPORT OF A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY
Author(s) -
Basudha Koirala,
Sanjib Sharma,
Monorama Deb,
S K Bhatttacharya
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.852
Subject(s) - medicine , streptococcus pneumoniae , penicillin , antimicrobial , pneumococcal infections , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology
Seventy-one isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae were obtained from various clinicalspecimens of sixty-six patients. Type of pneumococcal infections varied in differentage groups. Major brunt of the invasive pneumococcal infection was borne by infantsand children. Isolates from infected corneal ulcers were relatively resistant toantimicrobials including penicillin, as compared to those isolated from normallysterile body sites.Key Words: Pneumoccoccal infection, antimicrobial susceptibility, Eastern Nepal.